stocks like cbs, united healthcare still trading with orders a round other platforms, just not the new york exchang because it ran into a technical problem as it is moving to the universal platform. just a little glitch there. it did not stop from trading. and the new york exchange will determine the official closing price for the affected securities consolidated reading oflast sale prices. think of trying to help them stay within the law. a software fix will be applied to fix the problem. joining me now, global head of international economic. great to have you here. les start with, there seems to be a little sense that these guys, these guys bein the president of the united states and congress, specifically the speaker actually want to do something about the fiscal cliff. did you get that read today? >> i think it is increasingly clear hat they are realing iff they don't act, the implications for the economy are going to be truly first order. with growing over the cliff, holding their risk of recession tutus it -- 2013, and that is not good for anybody's political futu. lou: not good